· Marty Schottenheimer won the 194th regular-season game of his career on Sunday night in Denver when the Chargers overcame a 17-point third-quarter deficit (24-7) and outscored the Broncos 28-3 down the stretch to win the game, 35-27…with the win, he broke a tie with Chuck Noll (193 wins) and became the league’s fifth all-time winningest coach…the Chargers, who overcame a 21-point deficit to win last Sunday in Cincinnati, became the first team in NFL history to come back from 17-point deficits in consecutive weeks to win…it was Schottenheimer’s 12th-career win against Denver.
· LaDainian Tomlinson scored four touchdowns against Denver, the 99th, 100th, 101st and 102nd of his career…he became the fastest player in NFL history to score 100 touchdowns (89 games), easily surpassing Jim Brown and Emmitt Smith, who both did so in 93 games…he is the 20th player in NFL history to score 100 touchdowns…Tomlinson has scored an NFL-record 19 touchdowns in the last six games, including back-to-back four-touchdown games...it was the third time this season that he’s scored four touchdowns in a game (an NFL record) and he’s the third player in league history to score four touchdowns in back-to-back games…Jim Taylor (1962) and Marshall Faulk (2000) are the only others.
· Tomlinson leads the NFL with 22 touchdowns, good for 132 points…he needs just one more score to break the team’s single-season scoring record of 135 points, set by kicker John Carney in 1994.
· Tomlinson’s four touchdowns against the Broncos raised his season total to 22, setting a new Chargers single-season mark…they are also the most touchdowns ever scored in the first 10 games of a season…he had set the record with 20 last season…Tomlinson scored three times on the ground at Invesco Field, raising his season rushing TD total to 19, tying the team’s single-season mark held by Chuck Muncie (1981)…Tomlinson’s three rushing touchdowns in Denver were the 89th, 90th and 91st of his career…he became the NFL’s second-fastest player to score 90 rushing touchdowns (89 games)…Emmitt Smith is the NFL’s fastest (88 games)…LT is the 13th player in NFL history with 90 rushing TDs.
· Tomlinson has 10 rushing touchdowns in the last three games alone, three against Cleveland, four at Cincinnati and three at Denver…he’s the first player in league history to score three or more rushing TDs in three straight games.
· Tomlinson rushed for 105 yards against the Broncos, his first-career 100-yard game in the Mile High City…it was his fourth game in a row with over 100 yards, marking the first such stretch in his career…he has five 100-yard rushing games this season, two shy of the team single-season record that he shares (2002) with Don Woods (1974).
· On the Chargers fourth-quarter drive in which they scored a touchdown to take the lead at 28-27, Tomlinson started the drive with a 15-yard run that put him over 1,000 yards for the season…he’s rushed for at least 1,000 yards in each of his first six NFL seasons and is one of only five players to do so…the others are Barry Sanders (first 10 seasons, 1989-1998), Curtis Martin (10, 1995-2004), Eric Dickerson (7, 1983-89) and Corey Dillon (6, 1997-2002)…Tomlinson has averaged an impressive 4.9 yards per carry this season, fourth-highest among the NFL’s top 25 running backs.
· With Tomlinson going over 1,000 yards, fullback Lorenzo Neal has now been a lead blocker for 10-straight 1,000-yard rushers…Neal has played in 202 consecutive games, the longest active streak among NFL running backs.
· In addition to leading the NFL in scoring, Tomlinson leads the league in total yards from scrimmage (1,488) and he ranks third in rushing (1,037).
· Philip Rivers completed 73 percent of his passes against the Broncos, raising his completion percentage for the season to 67 percent (201 of 300), which ranks third in the league…Rivers showed a lot of resiliency against the Broncos, battling back after throwing an interception that was returned for a touchdown to give Denver a 24-7 lead…on the very next series after the INT, he led a seven-play, 60-yard touchdown drive during which he completed all four of his pass attempts for 54 yards…he then completed the comeback by throwing a 51-yard touchdown pass to Tomlinson on a third-and-three play and then gave the Chargers the lead when he completed 4 of 4 for 37 yards, including a five-yard touchdown pass to Vincent Jackson on the drive after that…early in the game, the Chargers had jumped out to a 7-0 lead on a drive in which Rivers completed 5-of-5 for 59 yards.
· Rivers has thrown 15 touchdown passes and only five interceptions this season…he has a touchdown pass in nine of the team’s 10 games, including all six games on the road…in those six road games, he’s thrown 11 touchdown passes and only four interceptions.
· Jackson’s touchdown catch was his third of the season…the Chargers now have five different players with at least three TD catches: Antonio Gates (4), Jackson (3), Tomlinson (3), Malcom Floyd (3) and Brandon Manumaleuna (3)…they are the only team in the league with such a fivesome.
· Michael Turner makes “The Hot List” for his work on kickoff returns…Turner had two 40+ returns against Denver that both ignited touchdown drives…in the third quarter, his 40-yard return after Denver scored on an INT return helped start a touchdown drive that got the Chargers back to within 10 points (24-14)…then in the fourth quarter after Denver kicked a field goal to take a 27-21 lead, Turner had a 44-yard return that set up a drive that ended with the touchdown pass from Rivers to Jackson and allowed the Bolts to seize the lead, 28-27.
· Antonio Gates has been to the last two Pro Bowls because of efforts like the one he put forth on the Chargers fourth-quarter drive in which they took a 28-27 lead…Gates was responsible for 32 of the team’s 55 yards on the drive, including a key 10-yard catch to the Broncos’ seven on a third-and-three play…Gates is the team’s leading receiver with 523 yards and four touchdowns.
· Marques Harris made perhaps one of the biggest defensive plays of the night when he made a great defensive read and tackled running back Damien Nash for a six-yard loss late in the fourth quarter…trailing 28-27, it forced the Broncos to go for it three plays later on a fourth-and-four from their own 38-yard line…Jake Plummer’s fourth down pass was in turn intercepted by Drayton Florence and returned to the 23-yard line…it led to a one-yard touchdown run by Tomlinson on the following drive that gave the Bolts a 35-27 lead and essentially put the game away.
· Shaun Phillips retains his spot on the Hot List for his clinching sack on the last play of Sunday’ night’s game…after the Chargers scored to go up 35-27, the Broncos got the ball back with 1:14…aided by a couple of passes and two penalties, the Broncos moved to the Chargers’ 32-yard line with 24 seconds left, but on a first-and-five Phillips put the victory on ice when he sacked Plummer for a 14-yard loss and stripped the ball from the Denver QB…the Broncos recovered the fumble but as they scrambled to the line of scrimmage, time ran out on the clock…the sack by Phillips was his first of the night and his eighth of the season, leaving him just .5 sacks behind Shawne Merriman (8.5) for the team lead…Phillips is tied for seventh in the league in sacks, while Merriman is tied for fifth, despite missing the last three games…the Chargers are the only team in the league with two players ranked in the Top 10 in sacks.
· Taking advantage of the mile-high altitude, Nate Kaeding had a career-high three touchbacks and Mike Scifres floated all three of his punts inside the 20-yard line without allowing the Broncos a single return.
· The Chargers are on a remarkable run inside “The Gold Zone” (20-yard line)…they have scored touchdowns on their last 12 gold zone possessions, including all four on Sunday in Denver…the Bolts now lead the NFL in touchdown percentage inside the 20-yard line (.683)…the Chargers have scored an NFL-best 28 touchdowns from inside the 20…in 41 total Gold Zone possessions this season, the Chargers have 28 touchdowns, 12 field goals and one kneel down (end of Pittsburgh game).
· The Chargers lead the NFL in scoring (332 points) and have scored at least 20 points in all but one game this season…the Chargers have scored over 30 six times and over 40 three times…the Chargers lead the NFL in second-half (200) and fourth-quarter (122) scoring.
· The Chargers were 8-of-12 (67%) on third downs in Sunday’s win over the Broncos, including 4-of-5 in the second half…in the last two games (at Cincinnati and Denver), the Chargers are a combined 17-of-26 (.654) on third downs and a remarkable 12-of-14 (.857) in the second halves…the Bolts were 8-of-9 in the second half in Cincy…for the season, the Chargers .496 third down conversion percentage (68-of-137) ranks second in the NFL…the team record for season third-down percentage (since 1970) is .489 in 1981 (108-of-221).
Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson is running strong in the pro bowl charge with two weeks of voting remaining. 
